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hi everyone. i hope you're all experiencing an upturn in weather conditions & have your plans for the year underway.
I'm struggling with when to water which plant and how much,etc. It's taken me weeks to ask this cos i do feel a bit of a numpty - I haven't been able to find a thread about it which probably means for most people it's not a concern. I appreciate it's probably a very complex area taking in to account all the variables so if anyone can even point me in the area of a book or website it would be much appreciated. I have the book by Bob Flowerdew but even following that to the letter just the sowing/planting i have still found i'm overwatering.
As a guide i have pots & thought the soil very dry looking with a very crumbly top 5mm+ & watered but then i get white mould within 2 days.
And for things that are planted, all in raised beds, i am feeling the soil looks very very dry but the moisture meter is saying off the chart wet. We've had 3days now without rain and i'm really unsure of picking up a watering can. I have read somewhere that watering is unneccesary at this time of year due to the reserves in the soil stored up over winter. Is that correct, and if so when should i begin watering?
My main concerns i would have to say are the soft fruit bed and the dwarf fruit trees but i'm also thinking about the square foot beds - what on earth do you do with 9 beds in one when you could have 9 different plants with different requirements?
I'm struggling with when to water which plant and how much,etc. It's taken me weeks to ask this cos i do feel a bit of a numpty - I haven't been able to find a thread about it which probably means for most people it's not a concern. I appreciate it's probably a very complex area taking in to account all the variables so if anyone can even point me in the area of a book or website it would be much appreciated. I have the book by Bob Flowerdew but even following that to the letter just the sowing/planting i have still found i'm overwatering.
As a guide i have pots & thought the soil very dry looking with a very crumbly top 5mm+ & watered but then i get white mould within 2 days.
And for things that are planted, all in raised beds, i am feeling the soil looks very very dry but the moisture meter is saying off the chart wet. We've had 3days now without rain and i'm really unsure of picking up a watering can. I have read somewhere that watering is unneccesary at this time of year due to the reserves in the soil stored up over winter. Is that correct, and if so when should i begin watering?
My main concerns i would have to say are the soft fruit bed and the dwarf fruit trees but i'm also thinking about the square foot beds - what on earth do you do with 9 beds in one when you could have 9 different plants with different requirements?
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